Article: Uncle Joe's story

Article: How Uncle Joe duped Churchill; 'Uncle ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... take for granted that of all wars, World War II was necessary and morally justified ... talked quite fondly of him then as 'Uncle Joe'. But we weren't under any illusion ... perfect. And the main victor of World War II? Certainly not Britain, nor ...

Article: Joseph E. "Uncle Joe" Lesniak of Prospect ...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  September 13, 2006 ;     435 words ...Joseph E. "Uncle Joe" Lesniak of Prospect Heights ... Visitation for Joseph E. "Uncle Joe" Lesniak, 81, will be ... Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst. Uncle Joe was born March 12, 1925, in Chicago. He was a World War II Army veteran. He was ...

Article: Joliet family puts lives on the line in World War ...
Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  January 24, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Bill Lesnik and their uncle Joe Verbic, proudly served ... armed forces during World War II. The family's ... children also served in World War II. The oldest of the ... the Pacific. I met my uncle Joe Verbic in Manila, in ... Serving in the Navy in World War II ...

Article: Plaque that recalls my Uncle Joe; COVENTRY CHAIN ...
Coventry Evening Telegraph (England);  April 7, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... officer Ron Keene had to remember his Uncle Joe . . . until the Evening Telegraph ... interest the story of the First World War plaque to 45 workers from the old ... knew. He said: ''Of course, Uncle Joe died long before I was born but ...

Article: Taken in by Uncle Joe.(Television Program Review)
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the 60th since the end of World War II, so it has brought a number of first-class programmes ... think I'm wrong about Stalin.' Even when it was plain 'Uncle Joe' was not a progressive liberal politician in his own mould ...

Article: Uncle Joe's betrayal: new books reveal the roots of ...
U.S. News & World Report;  June 25, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... accounts agree that Stalin was reluctant to commit his air power to China because he did not want Korea to escalate into another world war, but this did not assuage Beijing's sense of abandonment. According to the revisionist histories, many of Mao's most ...

Article: GOOD OLD UNCLE JOE He is considered one of the ...
The Independent on Sunday;  October 31, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... arresting, torturing and murdering further millions of innocent Soviet citizens. Terror campaigns continued in the Second World War and afterwards. If ever there was someone whose personality defied the normal vocabulary of description, it was Stalin ...